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Show Powers Of Governor In Utah Explained h Utah Foundation Study And Heporl . : a popular misconcep-ThernSming misconcep-ThernSming the powers of. twfiS tnd his responsi-to responsi-to -state finances in Utah, illtyMpd in a Utah Foundation f Utah state organiza-ludy organiza-ludy released today. Although ion rnvernor is considered in nuX mind to be the chief " P?ivT major functions of ffeUt vernment under Utah's stalnifation structure operate "SSwte "r partly beyond gu-w gu-w ,torial control, the Founda-Kesearch Founda-Kesearch Report . declares, tun tt"ca Th. Foundation study notes J. Wah's current state organ-. organ-. nn is made up of more than separate offices, boards melons departments and ffffil bodies. The.Gov-ror The.Gov-ror has complete appointive ft with respect to 34 agen-S agen-S and partial appointive pow-f pow-f with respect to 13 other incies. However, the power of Z Governor to remove ap-Zded ap-Zded official? for non-com-Lce with administrative pol-,v pol-,v is limited to the Liquor Snmission. the Banking Com-mission, Com-mission, the superintendent of Z Highway. Patrol, and the Zi inactive Publicity and Industrial In-dustrial Development Commis- S"several state functions involv-inj involv-inj substantial portions of state expenditures are completely removed re-moved from control of the Gov-,rnor, Gov-,rnor, including the entire field if education which ranks at tt,e top of the state spending igenda. Important aspects of state fiscal control are shared by the Governor with the Board of Examiners, which includes the Secretary of State- and the Attorney General, who. by virtue vir-tue ot their election are independent inde-pendent of the chief executive. The Utah Foundation study notes that a number of states in recent years have conducted comprehensive reorganization studies the principal aims 0 which have been to strengthen the powers of .the Governor to regroup boards,-Commissions 'and other agencies into a more work able scheme of executive depart ments, and to strengthen executive execu-tive fiscal controls over state, activities. le Ti(C,'ipdde,nt(With this trend, Utah Foundation analysts state has been a new emphasis upon delineation and balance between the powers of the executive and legislative branches. Legislative bodies in recent years have given giv-en increased attention to improving im-proving their own rules of procedure, pro-cedure, their organization and committee structure, and particularly partic-ularly to the employment of specialized research and investigative investi-gative staff to enable the legislature leg-islature to review administrative policies and performance. Legislative Leg-islative councils and legislative auditors have been the principal new developments in this field. Utah's state government underwent un-derwent extensive reorganization reorganiza-tion in 1941, with some regrouping regroup-ing and simplification. However Utah Foundation analysts criticize cri-ticize the use of plural bodies as administrative agencies instead in-stead of the usually-preferred single administrator. The report states that administration by a board or commission makes it difficult to fix definite responsibility respon-sibility for administrative performance,- and spreads limited ! funds available for administra-j tion among several individuals i rather than permitting payment for a qualified single administrator. administra-tor. Utah statutes do confer sweep- ing powers upon the Governor ' to "revise, alter, decrease, or change "budgetary allotments and thus control expenditures, ' but these powers have been . used very sparingly thus far, the research report states. These powers are associated with the functions 'of the Department of Finance which operates in part under delegated powers from the Board of Examiners. Reluctance Reluc-tance of Utah governors to use these powers to curtail spending of approved appropriations may stem in part from hesitancy to modify legislative "mandate," and uncertainty as to the outcome out-come of court tests of Finance Department powers if they are challenged. |